Parameter Calibration Method for Discrete Element Simulation of Soil–Wheat Crop Residues in Saline–Alkali Coastal Land by Jie Liu, Tong Lu, Shuai Zheng, Yu Tian, Miaomiao Han, Muhao Tai, Xiaoning He, Hongxiu Li, Dongwei Wang, Zhuang Zhao

“…After wheat harvesting in coastal saline–alkali land, when the straw is returned to the field and the soil is rotary tilled, the lack of reliable discrete element simulation parameter models restricts the optimization and improvement of special tillage and land preparation equipment for saline–alkali land to some extent. In this study, the Hertz–Mindlin with JKR model was used to calibrate the discrete element simulation parameters. …”
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An Analysis of Vegetation Change Trends and Their Causes in Inner Mongolia, China from 1982 to 2006 by Baolin Li, Wanli Yu, Juan Wang

“…In or to the south of Horqin Sandy Land, in the Hetao Plain, and at the northern foothills of the YinshanMountain, the significant NDVI increase trends were mainly caused by the increase of the millet yield per unit of cropland. …”
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Liver diseases (<i>Review of the Seventeenth Russian Gastroenterological Week proceedings, October, 10–12, 2011, Moscow</i>) by I. V. Mayev, A. N. Kazyulin, Yu. A. Kucheryavy, Ye. A. Mayevskaya

“…The most of publications (70,5%) has been devoted to etiopathogenesis, features of clinical pattern, diagnostics and treatment of acute and chronic viral hepatitis (2542 patients), liver cirrhoses (1338 patients), non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (1145 patients), toxic liver diseases (834 patients) that indicates medical and social impact of these diseases. …”
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The Pivotal Role of TBK1 in Inflammatory Responses Mediated by Macrophages by Tao Yu, Young-Su Yi, Yanyan Yang, Jueun Oh, Deok Jeong, Jae Youl Cho

“…Inflammation is considered to be a major cause of most chronic diseases, especially in more than 100 types of inflammatory diseases which include Alzheimer's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, atherosclerosis, Crohn's disease, colitis, dermatitis, hepatitis, and Parkinson's disease. Recently, an increasing number of studies have focused on inflammatory diseases. …”
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Micromechanical Characterization of Diatom Frustules of Multiple Origin by Daniel Zuluaga-Astudillo, Juan Carlos Ruge, Bernardo Caicedo-Hormaza

“…Young’s moduli were also calculated by applying the Hertz Model, which had the highest values in the Colombian sample.…”
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Quantitative Analysis of Volatile Impurities in Diallyldimethylammonium Chloride Monomer Solution by Gas Chromatography Coupled with Liquid-Liquid Extraction by Cheng Liu, Yuejun Zhang, Haiying Wang, Weixin Wang

“…The volatile impurities were quantitatively analyzed with trichloromethane as extraction solvent and n-hexane as internal standard by using gas chromatography (GC) coupled with solvent extraction, and the chromatographic conditions, quantitative methods, and extraction conditions were systematically investigated in detail. …”
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Primary Cardiac Lymphoma Presenting with Thrombocytopenia, Right Heart Failure, and Cardiogenic Shock by Samantha Kurniawan, Gita Mathur, Yvonne Bogun, Giselle Kidson-Gerber

“…He deteriorated into cardiogenic shock precipitated by atrial fibrillation, with worsening thrombocytopenia (18 × 109/L) in the setting of ischaemic hepatitis. The patient stabilised with initiation of high dose steroids prior to tissue diagnosis and platelet counts normalised following chemotherapy. …”
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Acute Liver Failure Caused by ‘Fat Burners’ and Dietary Supplements: A Case Report and Literature Review by Y Radha Krishna, V Mittal, P Grewal, MI Fiel, T Schiano

“…The present report describes a young healthy woman who presented with fulminant hepatic failure requiring emergent liver transplantation caused by a dietary supplement and fat burner containing usnic acid, green tea and guggul tree extracts. …”
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(+)-Z-Bisdehydrodoisynolic Acid Enhances Basal Metabolism and Fatty Acid Oxidation in Female Obese Zucker Rats by William J. Banz, April D. Strader, Kolapo M. Ajuwon, Yuqing Hou, Cal Y. Meyers, Jeremy E. Davis

“…Furthermore, resting energy expenditure was increased by (+)-Z-BDDA, as evident by heat production and oxygen consumption. We also observed a marked reduction in respiratory quotient (RQ) along with a corresponding induction of hepatic AMPK in rodents provided (+)-Z-BDDA. …”
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Phytochemical Study and Antibacterial and Antibiotic Modulation Activity of Punica granatum (Pomegranate) Leaves by Amine Trabelsi, Mohamed Amine El Kaibi, Aïmen Abbassi, Amira Horchani, Leila Chekir-Ghedira, Kamel Ghedira

“…This study aimed to determine phytochemical contents, antibacterial properties, and antibiotic modulating potential of Punica granatum leaf extracts: hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate, ethanol, and aqueous extracts as well as an extract enriched with total oligomer flavonoids (TOFs). …”
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Hemoadsorption in Multiorgan Failure Due to Viscerocutaneous Loxoscelism by Raúl Valenzuela Córdova, David Rivera Estrella, José F. Bernardo, Darío Jiménez, Celia Rodríguez Tudero, Raúl Elías, José C. De La Flor

“…Despite treatment with intravenous (IV) monovalent antiloxoscelism serum, antibiotic therapy, and corticosteroids, the patient’s evolution was poor, and she was admitted to the critical care unit for severe multi-organ involvement, including hepatic and kidney damage and coagulation disorders, eventually requiring hemodialysis support and hemoadsorption therapy. …”
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Fatal Multiorgan Failure Associated with Disseminated Herpes Simplex Virus-1 Infection: A Case Report by Michael Glas, Sigrun Smola, Thorsten Pfuhl, Juliane Pokorny, Rainer M. Bohle, Arno Bücker, Jörn Kamradt, Thomas Volk

“…Also complications to the peripheral and central nervous system, pneumonia or hepatitis are well known. However, dissemination to viscera in adults is rare and predominantly observed in immunocompromised patients. …”
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Bacterial Infections in Cirrhosis by Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao

“…Cirrhotic patients who develop abdominal pain, tenderness, fever, renal failure or hepatic encephalopathy should undergo diagnostic paracentesis, and those who meet the criterion for SBP (eg, an ascites neutrophil count greater than 250/mm3) should receive antibiotics, preferably a third-generation cephalosporin. …”
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Iron-regulatory liver hormone hepcidin and its place in the system of congenital immunity by O. A. Smirnov

“…So-called inflammation anemia (anemia of chronic diseases) serves as clinical and morphological manifestation of this rearrangement, which severity correlates to unfavorable course of chronic hepatitis B and C, as well as neoplastic, renal and cardiac diseases. …”
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Liver Transplantation in Situs Inversus and Portal Vein Thrombosis (First Case Report in Russia) by M. S. Novruzbekov, O. D. Olisov, V. A. Guliaev, K. N. Lutsyk, K. M. Magomedov, B. I. Kazymov

“…A 32 years-old patient with situs inversus, chronic hepatitis B/D-induced liver cirrhosis and portal vein thrombosis had cadaveric liver transplantation, with the transplant reoriented in abdominal cavity 90° clockwise relative to the median plane. …”
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VATANDAŞ ODAKLI/VATANDAŞIN ODAKTA OLDUĞU YÖNETİM: KENT KONSEYLERİ VE SELÇUKLU BELEDİYESİ ÖRNEĞİ by Önder Kutlu, Sefa Usta, Mustafa Kocaoğlu

“…Vatandaş odaklılık, yönetişim, yerellik, hesap verebilirlik, şeffaflık gibi kavramlar yeni kamu yönetimi anlayışının birer yansımaları olarak değerlendirilebilir. …”
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VATANDAŞ ODAKLI/VATANDAŞIN ODAKTA OLDUĞU YÖNETİM: KENT KONSEYLERİ VE SELÇUKLU BELEDİYESİ ÖRNEĞİ by Önder KUTLU, Sefa USTA, Mustafa KOCAOĞLU

“…Vatandaş odaklılık, yönetişim, yerellik, hesap verebilirlik, şeffaflık gibi kavramlar yeni kamu yönetimi anlayışının birer yansımaları olarak değerlendirilebilir. …”
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Nodular Regenerative Hyperplasia Secondary to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Colorectal Liver Metastases by Maartje A. J. van den Broek, Steven W. M. Olde Damink, Ann Driessen, Cornelis H. C. Dejong, Marc H. A. Bemelmans

“…Patients with chemotherapy-induced hepatic injury undergoing liver surgery have higher risks of post-resectional morbidity. …”
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Forecast of China’s Carbon Emissions Based on ARIMA Method by Longqi Ning, Lijun Pei, Feng Li

“…In this paper, we first use the software Eviews to make an analysis of randomness on data of carbon emissions in the four representative provinces and city, Beijing, Henan, Guangdong, and Zhejiang, in terms of their carbon emissions data from 1997 to 2017. …”
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Polymer-metal powders melt extrusion printing to produce high-density, high-conductivity pure copper components by Xiuhu Guo, Junnan Liu, Lu Li, Xiaoying Cui, Muhammad Dilawer Hayat, Peng Cao, Zhentao Yuan, Xiao Wang, Xiulin Chen

“…After immersing the green body in an n-hexane solution at 40 °C for 12 h, a debinding rate of 95 % was achieved. …”
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